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Members of the Bar Standards Board and the Bar Council visited cities during January, and will continue in the first week of February, to speak at seminars. Barristers were invited to come and learn more about the new rules, announced by the Bar Standards Board on 20 November 2009, and discuss advantages the changes would bring and how the Bar may procure new business in the future. The following cities were visited (or will be visited):
Cardiff – 11 January
London – 12 January
Winchester – 15 January
York – 19 January
Birmingham – 20 January
London – 1 February
Manchester 2 February
To view the press statement relating to the new rules, visit the BSB website at: http://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/news/pressarchive
Cardiff – 11 January
London – 12 January
Winchester – 15 January
York – 19 January
Birmingham – 20 January
London – 1 February
Manchester 2 February
To view the press statement relating to the new rules, visit the BSB website at: http://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/news/pressarchive
Members of the Bar Standards Board and the Bar Council visited cities during January, and will continue in the first week of February, to speak at seminars. Barristers were invited to come and learn more about the new rules, announced by the Bar Standards Board on 20 November 2009, and discuss advantages the changes would bring and how the Bar may procure new business in the future. The following cities were visited (or will be visited):
Chair of the Bar reports back
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